Glass helped inspire a public radio host in Netflix's prison drama, but doesn't play him

"Orange Is the New Black" creator Jenji Kohan offered Ira Glass a role in her Netflix prison drama, but says the "This American Life" host "politely declined."

Speaking on "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, Kohan said she's a "huge Ira Glass fan" and "huge fan of radio in general." She said Glass — particularly Glass's glasses — helped inspire the public radio host played by Robert Stanton on the show about a woman in prison.

"I don't have a lot of time to watch TV, but I am a big podcast listener and radio listener and a fangirl to a certain extent," Kohan said. "I actually asked Ira Glass if he would do it and he politely declined."

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